From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works
From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#1
Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:52pm
""Passing Strange" creator Stew, who nabbed the Tony for book, said the rock music he composed for the show is "music people actually listen to on subways, or when they're getting stoned."
Stew plays himself in the bio-tuner, but he said he definitely could see someone else in the role, for instance, Corey Glover from the rock band Living Colour.
He can also see "Passing Strange" as a movie. He said a pic version is in the works."
http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117987517.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#2
Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:54pmoh boy, here we go....
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#3
Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:56pm
music people actually listen to on subways, or when they're getting stoned."
Lovely!
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#4
Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:56pmI could see this as a Spike Lee joint.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#5
Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:57pm
I fast-forwarded their performance on last night's Tony Awards about 15-seconds into it.
That should speak for the interest a film-version of this pretentious crap will bring. 
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#6
Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:03pmI LOVE Passing Strange, but I really can't see it as a movie.
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#7
Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:05pmAt least we can take some comfort in the fact that it cannot possibly be the worst movie ever made. Those already exist.
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#8
Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:06pmGoodness. Well, i just don't see it in a movie but hey, stranger things have happened!
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#9
Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:20pm
I believe it WILL be a Spike Lee Joint, having seen him at the show numerous times....
A lot of ill will towards Stew here, but what the hey, he has slowly built his OWN career over the past 20 years HIS way! Frank Sinatra: I'll do it MY way. What's not to admire?
So, he's an individualist..so he purposely uses hyperbole to accentuate his "points".
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#10
Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:50pmThat's interesting that he mentions Living Colour because when I listen to the OBC, Stew reminds me so much of Corey Glover. Not in appearance but in his music. God I love Living Colour. Listen to Vivid and Time's Up. Great, great music. Whatever happened to them?
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#11
Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:53pmClever, ck out my links on the Official PS Love Thread. Article about this and YouTube video of Corey.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#12
Posted: 6/16/08 at 6:14pm
I will have to go to the movie stoned.
It's the only way to do it... clearly.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#13
Posted: 6/16/08 at 7:37pmThis would NOT work as a movie. It's an extremely theatrical experience.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#15
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:41pm
Wait.
The HAIRSPRAY movie worked?
I must have missed that part...
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#16
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:44pmI imagine if Spike Lee were to sign on to this surefire flop, at some point in the interview campaign we'd get an earful about how race was the deciding factor in Passing Strange winning close to nothing at the Tonys.
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#18
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:32pmI actually could see this working...
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#19
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:35pm
Not to threadjack, but I have to hop on the TooDarnHot train for this one...
The Hairspray movie was mediocre.
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#20
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:43pmA "Passing Strange" movie makes about as much sense as a movie derived from a Saturday Night Live sketch. I rest my case. from RC in Austin, Texas
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/06
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#21
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:50pmThis will be a Spike Lee joint and if anyone could pull it off, it's him.
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#22
Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:55amFor the love of god why??? It's not even a musical. Now they're going to try and make it into something else that it's also not?
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#23
Posted: 6/17/08 at 2:27amI actually think that Passing Strange would lend itself quite well to film, much better than it does to the broadway stage, it would be cool if it had a "the last waltz" / "woodstock" filmes concert feel but with the story being told along the way... ha I actually can see it being quite good.
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#24
Posted: 6/17/08 at 4:48amThe Hairspray movie did very well.... especially compared to how other movies (Not Indiana Jones though..) are doing.
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#25
Posted: 7/3/08 at 5:53pm
Confirmed... sort of. It's not the 'movie' we talked about, but something is happening.
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/07/spike-lee.html
Updated On: 7/3/08 at 05:53 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works#26
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:03pmThat's pretty nifty! About the filming the stage version for television...
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